My white neighbor thought I was breaking into my own apartment. (Article)

[HelloCity]

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I said it was only me and, hands still raised, slowly descended the stairs, focused on one officer’s eyes and on his pistol. I had never looked down the barrel of a gun or at the face of a man with a loaded weapon pointed at me. In his eyes, I saw fear and anger. I had no idea what was happening, but I saw how it would end: I would be dead in the stairwell outside my apartment, because something about me — a 5-foot-7, 125-pound black woman — frightened this man with a gun. I sat down, trying to look even less threatening, trying to de-escalate. I again asked what was going on. I confirmed there were no pets or people inside.

I told the officers I didn’t want them in my apartment. I said they had no right to be there. They entered anyway. One pulled me, hands behind my back, out to the street. The neighbors were watching. Only then did I notice the ocean of officers. I counted 16. They still hadn’t told me why they’d come.

Full account:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...nto-my-own-apartment-nineteen-cops-showed-up/

 

[talkativesprout]

Officers looking for Hispanics after someone resident in the complex reporting a burglary hardly makes this like a modern day roots. They have real racial tensions that i can't possibly get my head around but this does not smell like one of those episodes.

 

[Damocles]

Extract:



Full account:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...nto-my-own-apartment-nineteen-cops-showed-up/

I'm a bald white bloke and I've almost being nicked for breaking into my own house.

 

[aguero93:20]

I'm a bald white bloke and I've almost being nicked for breaking into my own house.

Nobody likes a baldy, well done those coppers.

 

[talkativesprout]

They shoot Portuguese chaps for getting trains in london

 

[Barcon]

I don't have any white neighbors.

 

[talkativesprout]

I don't have any white neighbors.

Anymore!

 

[Bluechipblue]

They shoot Portuguese chaps for getting trains in london

Which if you think about it,is infinitely worse than being slapped on one while sleeping.

 

[Yaya_Tony]

Bloke that called the cops = busy ****

Cops on the scene = wild overreaction